Sleep during development: Sex and gender differences

Patricia Franco; Benjamin Putois; Aurore Guyon; Aude Raoux; Maria Papadopoulou; Anne Guignard-Perret; Flora Bat-Pitault; Sarah Hartley; Sabine Plancoulaine

doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2020.101276

Sleep during development: Sex and gender differences

Sleep Med Rev. 2020 Jun:51:101276. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2020.101276. Epub 2020 Feb 11.

Authors

Patricia Franco¹, Benjamin Putois², Aurore Guyon², Aude Raoux², Maria Papadopoulou³, Anne Guignard-Perret², Flora Bat-Pitault⁴, Sarah Hartley⁵, Sabine Plancoulaine⁶

Affiliations

¹ Sleep Pediatric Unit, Woman Mother Child Hospital, Civil Hospices of Lyon, Lyon1 University, F-69500, France; Physiology of Brain Arousal System Research Laboratory, CRNL, INSERM-U1028, CNRS UMR5292, Lyon1 University, Lyon, F-69000, France. Electronic address: Patricia.Franco@chu-lyon.fr.
² Sleep Pediatric Unit, Woman Mother Child Hospital, Civil Hospices of Lyon, Lyon1 University, F-69500, France; Physiology of Brain Arousal System Research Laboratory, CRNL, INSERM-U1028, CNRS UMR5292, Lyon1 University, Lyon, F-69000, France.
³ Sleep Pediatric Unit, Woman Mother Child Hospital, Civil Hospices of Lyon, Lyon1 University, F-69500, France.
⁴ Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Unit, Salvator Hospital, Public Assistance-Marseille Hospitals, Aix-Marseille II University, Marseille, F-13000, France.
⁵ AP-HP Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Sleep Unit, Physiology Department, 92380, Garches, EA 4047 Versailles-St Quentin en Yvelines University, France.
⁶ INSERM, UMR1153, Centre of Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Team on research on EARly Origins of Health (EAROH), Villejuif, F-94807, France; Paris-Descartes University, France.

PMID: 32109833
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2020.101276

Abstract

Sleep occupies a substantial proportion of life. Sleep modifications parallel brain development during childhood. Sex and gender differences have been reported in brain development and many clinical and psychosocial conditions. This narrative review provides insight into the differences between girls and boys in terms of brain maturation and plasticity related to sleep and sleep characteristics (physiology, sleep duration) during development.

Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Gender; Infant; Maturation; Sex-specific; Sleep.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Development / physiology*
Brain / physiology*
Child
Child Development / physiology*
Humans
Neuronal Plasticity / physiology*
Sex Factors
Sleep / physiology*